Diecezja kamieniecka w świetle schematyzmu na 1831 rok (3). Duchowieństwo

Abstract

The diagram for the Kamieniec diocese published in 1831 presents the condition of the diocese in the fall of 1830, i.e. before the November Uprising. Describing the state of the diocese at that time shows us the situation before the tsarist repressions, which completely changed the situation of the Catholic Church of both rites in the Russian Empire. The previous articles presented the organizational status of the diocese, in the present clergy. The editors of schematics included priests incardinated in the diocese. They did not provide the names of the monks who managed the parishes run by the religious churches. At the end of 1830, 145 priests belonged to the chancel of the Kamieniec diocese, 133 of whom (91.7%) were directly involved in the ministry. The largest groups of the clergy were parish administrators (presbyteries and administrators), as well as vicars and chaplains. The first group consisted of 67 people (46.2% of all priests), and the second one – 51 (35.2% of all priests). Most of the clergy were under 50 years of age. They came from their diocese and were educated in secondary schools and seminaries in Podolia and the neighboring lands. With few exceptions, they belonged to the nobility and were Poles.